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T E R 



THE UNIVERSAL HERBAL, 



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permanent. Corolla : petals five, oblong 1 , obtuse, narrower 

 below, erect, inserted into the receptacle. Stamina : fila- 

 menta five, awl-shaped, shorter than the corolla; antherse 

 incumbent. Pistil: germen three-sided, acute; style none; 

 stigmas three, acute, spreading. Pericarp: capsule short, 

 three-sided, three-valved, one-celled; receptacle free, shorter 

 by half than the capsule. Seeds : very many, roundish. 

 ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. Calix : five-leaved. Petals: 

 five, inserted into the receptacle. Capsule : one-celled, 

 three-valved. The species are, 



1. Telephium Imperati ; True Orpine. Leaves alternate. 

 A hardy perennial, flowering in summer. Root composed of 

 yellowish woody fibres spreading out wide; stalks and 

 branches slender, trailing, eight or nine inches long; flowers 

 terminating in short thick bunches; petals white or pale 

 flesh-coloured. Native of tbe south of France, Spain, Swit- 

 zerland, Italy, and Barbary. Sow the seeds in autumn, on 

 a bed of fresh light earth, in an open situation ; for if they 

 be sown in the spring, they will not come up till the spring 

 again returns. Leave them six or eight inches asunder, and 

 clear them well from weeds, which would soon overbear such 

 trailing plants. They do not transplant well, and therefore 

 should be sown where they are to remain. The seeds will 

 soon scatter, and, if undisturbed, come up in abundance. 



2. Telephium Oppositifolium. Leaves.opposite. This is dis- 

 tinguished by its larger conjugate leaves. Native of Barbary. 



Teramnus; a genus of the class Diadelphia, order Deran- 

 dria. GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix: perianth one-leafed, 

 two-lipped; upper lip a little larger, bifid; lower three- 

 toothed ; teeth acute, erect, approximating. Corolla : papi- 

 lionaceous; standard obcordate, spreading, erect, bent down 

 a little ; wings length of the standard, erect, approximating, 

 rounded at the tip; keel very small, concealed at the base by 

 the calix between the lower part of the wings, bipartite, 

 covering the stamina. Stamina : filatnenta ten, five very 

 small and barren, alternate with the others, which are fertile, 

 longer, and united at the base; antheree five, roundish. Pis- 

 til: germen elongated, pubescent; style none; stigma round, 

 headed. Pericarp : legume linear, compressed, margined. 

 Seeds: many, roundish, compressed, retuse at the end. ES- 

 SENTIAL CHARACTER. Keel: very small, concealed within 

 the calix. Stamina: alternate, five barren. Stigma: sessile, 

 headed. Calix: two-lipped. The species are, 



1. Teramnus Volubilis. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, pubes- 

 cent. The flowers are small, leddish-blue, and disposed in 

 slender spikes at the axils of the leaves. The seed-vessels 

 are long, slender, and compressed. This creeping or climb- 

 ing plant is common in the lower hills of Jamaica, and runs 

 generally the length of six or seven feet from the root. 



2. Teramnns Uncinatus. Leaves oblong, obtuse, silky 

 beneath. Stem herbaceous, subdivided, twining, slender, 

 and triangular; flowers in distant pairs, small, reddish. 

 Native of Jamaica. 



Terminalia ; a genus of the class Polygamia, order Mo- 

 nceoia. GENERIC CHARACTER. Hermaphrodite Flowers, 

 at the lower part of the raceme, flowering first. Calix : 

 perianth one-leafed, superior, five-cleft, coloured within ; 

 segment ovate, acute, equal. Corolla: none; nectary pitcher- 

 shaped, in the bottom of the calix, consisting of five small 

 hispid corpuscles. Stamina : filamenta ten, awl-shaped, 

 from erect spreading, longer than the calix, and inserted into 

 the bottom of it: antherae roundish, erect. Pistil: germen 

 inferior, ovate-oblong; style filiform, erect, length of the 

 stamina; stigma simple. Pericarp: drupe oval, depressed, 

 two-grooved, or compressed, acuminate. Seed: nut oval- 

 oblong, two-valved; kernel oblong. Males, superior flow- 



ering later; calix as in the hermaphrodites. Corolla: none; 

 nectary as in the hermaphrodites. ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. 

 Calix: five-parted. Corolla: none. Stamina: ten. Nec- 

 tary: five-cleft, hairy. Drupe: inferior, boat-shaped. 



The species are, 



1. Terminalia Catappa. Leaves obovate, tomentose be- 

 neath. This is a large tall leafy tree, with spreading branches 

 in whorls. At Banda and Batavia it appears in the desert, 

 and is much liked by Europeans. It is commonly planted 

 near the houses, in wide areas; and seats are placed under 

 it, for the enjoyment of the close extensive shade which it 

 affords. The timber is fit for ship-building, being light, and 

 lasting many years in salt water. The bark and leaves yield 

 a black pigment, with which the Indians dye their teeth, and 

 Indian ink is made. Native of the East Indies; said to bear 

 fruit three times annually. 



2. Terminalia Glabrata. Leaves obovate, smooth on both 

 sides. This is a lofty widely-branching tree, with a straight 

 stem, clear of branches to a great height: the branches are 

 mostly opposite, round, spreading, smoothish, with a cine- 

 reous cloven bark. It differs from the preceding in having 

 the leaves only half the size, and without any pubescence 

 on the lower surface; the nut only one-third of the size, not 

 at all grooved or margined, but as it were appendicled with 

 an acute, compressed, membranaceous apex. -Native of the 

 Society and Friendly Islands in the South Seas. In the for- 

 mer it is cultivated near their huts, and in their burying- 

 places. The wood is used in building boats and making 

 drums, benches, &c. The kernels are often eaten, and have 

 the flavour of almonds. 



3. Terminalia Latifolia. Leaves obovate, snbserrate ; 

 drupes fleshy. This tree has a very large trunk, and grows to 

 a vast height, covered with a gray or very light brown bark, 

 seeming to be loose, and coming off in long pieces: it has 

 here and there some knobs and eminences on its surface. 

 Native of the inland woods of Jamaica. 



4. Terminalia Arbuscula. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, entire, 

 pubescent; branches dichotomous ; racemes erect. Native 

 of Jamaica. 



5. Terminalia Chebula. Leaves ovate, naked ; petioles 

 biglandular above ; racemes simple. This tree scarcely 

 exceeds three or four times the height of a man, and is not 

 much diffused. All the flowers are hermaphrodite, but those 

 which are fertile may be easily distinguished from the barren 

 ones, by having the germen thickened at the base. Native 

 of the East Indies. 



6. Terminalia Angustifolia. Leaves lanceolate, pubescent ; 

 bark smooth, or very minutely cloven, brown. The bark on 

 the wood of the Officinal Benzoin, which Thunberg brought 

 over, resembles that of this tree very much, but that is now 

 ascertained to be a species of Storax. Native of the East 

 Indies. 



7. Terminalia Bellerica. Leaves ovate, wavy, smooth; 

 footstalks about half as long as the leaves, with two glands 

 at the top; spikes axillary, solitary, hardly longer than the 

 footstalks. A large tree, with a very widely spreading 

 head : wood white, soft, and not durable. The bark, when 

 wounded, exudes a copious insipid gum, like gum-arabic, 

 soluble in water. Native of hills in the East Indies. 



Ternstrcemia; a genus of the class Polyandria, order Mo- 

 nogynia. GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix : perianth one- 

 leafed, five-parted, upon which two smaller scales are incum- 

 bent; all the segments are orbicular, concave, and permanent. 

 Corolla: one-petalled, bell-shaped ; tube none ; border five- 

 parted; segments orbicular, concave, emarginate, longer than 

 the calix. Stamina : filamenta numerous, awl-shaped, inserted 



